Tire-protector.



L. L. WARE.

TIRE PROTECTOR.

APPLlcATmN FILED SEPT. 22, 191s..

4 l ,QGWL Patented om. 10,1915.

LIQNL L. WARE, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specication ofLetters Patent.

Patented Got. i6, Matti.,

App1ication filed September 22, 1915. f Serial No. 52,021.

to provide a simple and efficient device of` this kind which can be readily Vattached to the tire, and which also serves as an armor to -protect the outer casing of the tire from being cut, thus minimizing the ,liability of punctures and blow outs.

With the object stated in view, the invention consists 'in a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, l.and in order that the same may be bettervnderstood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is an'elevation of a tire showing the application of the invention; Fig.l 2 is a crossysection of the tire showing a modification, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a frag- I'nent of the tire.

Referring specifically to the drawing 5 denotes the outer casing of pneumatic tire, provided with an inner tube 6 as usual. A

The device which is the subject matter of the pre's'errtapplication for patent comprises an anti-skid shoe and armor mounted on the tread portion of the tire casing 5 and completely, encircling the same. The shoe is Acomposed of series of longitudinal fabric strips 7 interwoven with an open-work metallic structure curved transversely to fit the tire 'and extending' circumferentially around thesarneY rIhis metallic structure is a single piece of` Wire which is bentinto a sinuous shape to form laterally spaced,

transverse cross bars 8 connected in alter.

nate order at their ends by bends 9. The cross bars 8 are curved to correspond to the transverse curvature of the casing 5, and they extend across the tread and for an ordinary the sides of the latter are protected lov the' side and end portions lof the cross bars 8 and their connecting bends.

The device is frictionally held on the tire after inflating the same, it being put on while the tire is deflated. The wire inembers 8 are resilient and their tendency isV to spring inward, in view of which they securely grip the tire when the saine is in-v flated. If desired a suitable anchoring means may be provided, an example of which is shown in Fig. 2, the same comprising a strap 10 extending under the rim l1 of the wheel and having hooks 12 which are connected to the bends 9. Any suitable number of these or other anchoring devices may be provided.

The device will hold old and ragged tire casings together, and when applied to a new casing it will materially lengthen the life thereof.

I claim:

A tire protector comprising an openwork metallic structure extending circumferen tially around the tire, and composed of lat erally spaced cross wires curved to conform tov the transverse curvature of the tire, said cross wires extending across the tread of the tire and for a distance over the sides thereof, and being resilient to grip the sides of the tire, adjacent ones of said wires being connected at the sides of the tire, and a tread composedof fabric strips interwoven with the cross wires at the tread of the tire.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of 4two witnesses.

' Y. LIONEL L. WARR.. VVitnesses:

' JOHN R. WARE,

HELEN M. MAGNER. 

